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Patrick Cahill’s poem “Fable” nominated for Pushcart Prize
Patrick Cahill's poem "Fable" from his 2025 poetry collection If we are the forest the animals dream (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2025) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Fable El puente es tuyo This is the way you enter the place why because the footbridge...
Poetry Flash Event: Rosa Lane and Camille Norton reading at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley on November 20, 2025 at 7 pm
Reading and Book Events for Sixteen Rivers Press: December 2025 – January 2026
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 7 pm Bird & Beckett Books & Records Readers: Patrick Cahill, Terry Ehret, Moira Magneson, Nancy J. Morales Location: 653 Chenery St., San Francisco, CA Saturday, January 24, 2026, 3 to 5 pm Sixteen Rivers Presents Readers: James...
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